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The OceanStore Project
Providing Global-Scale Persistent Data
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OceanStore Java Documentation
OceanStore relies on many components to provide a global-scale persistent
data store. At the lowest level bamboo
provides a self-organizing networking layer. Bamboo works by mapping
a consistent hash over the nodes in the system. That is,
each node is responsible for a unique interval of the namespace.
The consistent hash is used to provide a Distributed Hash Table (DHT)
interface mapping objects to nodes. A layer above the DHT is the
Distributed Directory (DD). The DD stores
pointers in the DHT. The pointers provide a level of indirection between
the networking and storage layer. The combined functionality use to
be provided by tapestry, but has since
been replaced bamboo and DD.
Finally, the storage layer, pond, is responsible
maintaining data reliably according to system protocols and user/system
specified policies.
The java documentation for each component is provided below.
- Java documentation for pond (javadoc only).
- Java documentation for dd (javadoc only).
- Java documentation for bamboo (javadoc only).
- Java documentation for tapestry (javadoc only).
When you're ready to run your own OceanStore, check out this HOWTO to learn how to get started.
Last modified on
Fri May 14 06:55:53 PST 2004
by hweather.